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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1948
Page
6
Firefighters confined the blaze to the lobby after a stairway escape route was blocked by flames, trapping occupants momentarily. A search recovered occupants, and authorities investigated the cause of the early fire emergency.
A greeting card mailed Dec 17 in Canada arrived at 3207 Washington yesterday for Henry E. Mathews Jr. from his grandmother Mrs. Sarah Herring. The card postmarked Dec 17 1947 in Canada, Amarillo postmark dated Nov 22 1948, suggesting a long, winding journey.
City Manager N V Moss and H R Smith warn that a harsh winter could worsen Amarillo streets. Last winter alternating freezing and thawing damaged about 100 blocks of paving. 22 blocks were retopped this summer. Officials fear further loss if rains return, and plan to retop more blocks next summer.
Workmen monitor daily to decide when to seal leaks in the Fallen underground city water storage tank at the Pump station. Built by Eighth and Bonham Construction, the five million gallon tank was completed in summer, filled, leaked, drained, and caulked. Crews paused until cold weather as caulking expands in cold, contracts in heat, with City Manager N. V. Moss overseeing the project.
The Amarillo Civic Chorus shifts rehearsal to 8:30 PM at the Musical Arts Conservatory due to a crowded school schedule. Miss Hilda Lanning says the group will carol in San Jacinto and perform before civic clubs this holiday season. The chorus invites new singers to attend tonight’s meeting. New York was the third colony to have a printing press and a newspaper.
Mary Lou, Sally, Dorothy and Wanda Johnson sisters in the Preventorium visited Stubble Field Department Store to be fitted for shoes donated by the Cactus Cootiettes. Led by Mrs. Vera Kelly, the club supports the Preventorium with monthly birthday parties and plans a shipment of warm winter clothing for the children.
A 14 year old girl left a juvenile home to attend church married a 20 year old man in Bossier City with a license issued earlier the same day. The ceremony was performed by Justice of the Peace J B Lee. The girl returned to the home that night.
In Warsaw on November 24 Polish Communists seized control of the nation’s largest labor group, the Central Trade Unionists with 333,000 members. Edward Ochab, a Communist Party leader, became president with two fellow Communists named as vice president and secretary. Socialist Tadeusz Cwik was named general secretary as his party merges with the Communists during a Warsaw congress. News from New York to New Orleans took ten days or more to reach.
Flames broke out at the two story Travelers Hotel in ALICE on November 24 sending about 40 guests fleeing down ladders and ropes. Mike Reynolds alerted others as fire swept the lobby and stairway while night clerk Tim Farias helped evacuate guests from the upper floor.
Mrs Stella Pangia, a Brooklyn housewife of 30, gave birth to a baby girl in Gimbels Department Store infirmary yesterday. Store officials announced a free layette for the newborn and mother, who are now at Brooklyn Hospital.
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